Sexual Swinging

Energy is the ability with which work can be done. It can be converted to any form based on the requirement. It is one of the key aspects in economic growth. Depletion of non renewable energy resources has created a need to find other means for the effective energy generation. Generation of energy from renewable resources has got vast scope. This paper proposes a novel methodology which utilises the energy which is created during the swing action. Swing is a seat which is suspended downwards with the help of ropes or chain. Due to the flexibility of these ropes and chain it allows the seated person swing back and forth. Swinging back and forth is referred as swing action. During the swing action mechanical energy is created which is unnoticed. Therefore it can be made use of to generate energy. Energy is created during the swing action which is channelized into the right way to extract energy efficiently from it. Swing can be found in most of the play areas which ensures enough sources. The mechanical energy created from the to and fro action of the swing is converted into an electrical energy by using commutator. The converted energy is stored in the battery for the further utilization. The horizontal beam to which the links of swing is attached is rotated during the swing action. The horizontal beam is rotated through an angle. This shaft is connected to a sprocket. The shaft connected to sprocket transfers the motion to the free wheel which rotates proportionally with respect to the angle of motion of the swing. The angular movement is made to convert into a complete rotation. It is done with the help of a chain drive connecting both sprocket and free wheel. The free wheel is connected to a shaft. Shaft in turn rotates the spur gear and dynamo arrangement to generate electricity. The above block diagram depicts the conversion of energy from one form to another through a means which is the swing. The swing is assembled with all the equipments in which provides the platform for the conversion. Dynamo is the basic device which helps in performing the conversion. The output is in the form of electrical energy, which is stored in the battery for further use. I. INTRODUCTION Energy is the ability to do work. It is one of the major factors for deciding the growth of the country. The energy consumption is increasing rapidly and it is essential to fulfil the need of the energy in order to achieve economic development. The significant problem is that the need of energy is rapidly increasing and the current conventional systems have become incapable to fulfil the energy requirement resulting in scarcity of the energy. One of the best options is to switch to extract energy from renewable resources. This has many advantages one of which is it is eco friendly. With the depletion of non renewable resources is in not possible to fulfil the energy requirements. When we consider non renewable resources for the generation of energy there are already many electricity generating systems such as OTEC (Ocean thermal energy conversion) which harnesses electricity from the waves of the ocean. Windmills which utilises the force of the wind to rotate the blades of the fan from which electricity is generated. Solar panels which generates electricity from the sunlight. Therefore these are some of the inventions that already exist. In spite of the existence of all these electricity generating system still the scarcity for electricity remains the same. This paper thus proposes a new method for the generation of electricity. Dynamo was one among the novel inventions in 19 th century which utilized the human power conversion which set an outstanding example. Which utilised a moment of wheel during pedalling to generate electricity. Motivated by this invention this paper proposes a new method of human power conversion. Play ground is the place where lot of mechanical action happen which is most often not utilised. That may be a rotation of a merry-go-round, to and fro action of swing etc. This kind of energy generation does not need much effort and it can be done deliberately. The swing action is made used to generate electricity, during the generation the children are unaffected and the swing action remains the same. These kind of human power conversion systems are very useful in developing countries as it can generate electricity with low cost and its construction is much simpler compared to other electricity generating systems.

The term “polyamory” stands for love relationships between more than two romantic or sexual partners, or loving more than one person. It means being open to engaging in consensual non-monogamous love relationships at the same time and in this way it is different from serial monogamy (having only one romantic partner at a time, but several during one's lifetime). In a broader sense, polyamory is also taken to denote a willingness to accept that romantic love may involve more than two partners. A core tenet of polyamory is that loving one person does not need to exclude loving another, and that love is, or should be, inclusive.

The Lifestyle involves sexual acts performed by more than two participants whether in the same space, or separately. It is also known as “swinging”, “wife-, or spouse-swapping”, “wife-, or spouse-sharing”, “group sex” and, where multiple people interact with a single person, “gangbanging”. Swinging can be soft (engaging in sexual activity with one’s own intimate partner, but in the presence of others), or hard (having sex not with one’s spouse or mate.) Threesomes (mostly male-female-male or MFM) are the most common configuration.

The psychological background to such unusual pursuits is not clear and has never been studied in depth. Still, thousands of online chats between active and wannabe adherents and fans in various forums reveal 10 psychodynamic strands.

Most social scientific work on intimate relationships has assumed a monogamous structure, or has considered anything other than monogamy only in the context of 'infidelity'. Yet, in recent years there has been a growing interest among researchers and the public in exploring various patterns of intimacy that involve open non-monogamy. This volume gathers contributions from academics, activists, and practitioners throughout the world to explore non-monogamous relationships. Featuring both empirical and theoretical pieces, contributors examine the history and cultural basis of various forms of non-monogamy, experiences of non-monogamous living, psychological understandings of relationship patterns, language and emotion, the discursive construction of mono-normativity as well as issues of race, class, disability, sexuality and gender. This volume will be of interest to academics and practitioners working in the social sciences and anyone who is seeking greater insight into the intricacies of non-monogamous relationships.

From Monogramy to Polyamory: Social Perception of Nonmononormative Relationships
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Summary
The article presents the results of research on social perception of five types of relationships (monogamous, polyamorous, sexually open, swinging and afflicted with infidelity). The results indicates that non-consensual infidelity is a subject to the strongest stigmatization, while there is a halo effect around monogamous choice, both on evaluation of traits related and not related with the quality of the relationship. Polyamory is assessed more positively than other types of
consensual non-monogamy. A man in all types of non-monogamous relationships is perceived as more satisfied than a woman, while the reverse effect is observed in a monogamous case.
Key words: consensual non-monogamy; polyamory; swinging; open relationship; stigmatization.

Drawing on ethnographic and interview data collected from the United States and Finland on lifestyle (''swinging'') events, this article explores the implicit and explicit rules influencing negotiations for group sex as a type of play. Participants maintain a sense of freedom and spontaneity while acting within situational constraints—ethical expectations, preexplicated rules, implicit rules, and complex negotiations that occur during the play itself either openly or more subtly. Because it has implications for the participants' everyday lives, lifestyle group sex is a phenomenon on the border between games and adult play. Through an analysis of the rules and social contracts arising in group sex, we demonstrate how participants learn to read interactions at group sex events in the way that players learn game systems and how they can and do become ''good players'' in such situations.

A presente pesquisa tem como principal objetivo investigar as características do casal heterossexual moderno praticante de swing. Em especial, busca-se compreender quais fatores influenciam as negociações dos adeptos acerca da prevenção de DSTs/Aids. O swing, também conhecido como troca de casais, é considerado uma das experiências possíveis de não
exclusividade sexual dentro da relação conjugal, o que significa dizer que os parceiros que o praticam, em comum acordo, permitem a ocorrência de intercursos sexuais envolvendo
terceiros e preferencialmente em ambientes compartilhados. O estabelecimento do swing enquanto estilo de vida é a principal premissa dos praticantes. A partir das observações
etnográficas de festas swingers realizadas em uma boate na Zona Oeste da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, da análise dos discursos de casais informantes e do levantamento das pesquisas sobre swing realizadas no Brasil, Europa e Estados Unidos, foi possível refletir a respeito das particularidades socioculturais deste grupo, bem como apreender o conjunto de valores que o orientam. As trajetórias dos sujeitos, desde o descobrimento do swing até o envolvimento real com o universo em questão, também são abordados neste trabalho. Finalmente, procura-se descrever e analisar os principais aspectos em torno das condutas sexuais dos swingers – e a
relação destas com o uso ou desuso de estratégias preventivas – a fim de suscitar reflexões contributivas às discussões sobre prevenção de DSTs/Aids entre swingers.

Sexual activity over the life course is strongly associated with better health and greater personal happiness, yet the sexuality of aging adults has been a neglected topic. There is a lack of research on those with a consensually non-exclusive sexual relationship style regardless of age.
This research examines whether such an orientation has positive effects on sexual frequency, health and personal happiness, and how this might inform counselors and therapists providing services to older adults.

The authors collected 502 responses via an online survey from individuals aged 55 and older residing in the United States who engage in consensually non-exclusive sexual relationships. Self-reported health and happiness, number of sexual partners, and sexual frequency were compared with 723 similar respondents from the nationally representative 2012 United States (US) General Social Survey.

Key findings were: irrespective of formal relationship status, the non-exclusive sample reported significantly more sexual partners, more sexual frequency, better health, and were much more likely to have had an HIV test than the general US population; the nonexclusive sample also reported being significantly happier than the general population, with the exception of married men, who reported being as happy as the general population sample; and regression analyses suggest that the factors which predict better health and happiness differ between the general population and those who participate in consensually non-exclusive sexual relationships.

In summary, this study examines sexuality among the healthy aging population. Participation (or interest in participation), in consensual non-exclusive sexual relationship styles can be rewarding and contribute to personal health and happiness, as much as or more than monogamous marriages.

Keywords: optimal aging; optimal sexuality; sexual frequency; non-exclusive relationships; non-monogamy; sexual satisfaction; HIV testing; gerotranscendence

What is group sex? Does it require a large group (think orgy)? How large? Can three people have group sex, or is that only a threesome and therefore something different? What does it mean to “participate” in group sex? Is consent a basic requirement? What about people who just observe others having sex? Is group sex of all sorts brazenly transgressive and lusty? Anthropologist Katherine Frank answers these questions, among others, in her sweeping, extensive analysis of group sex through history and across cultures. Group sex is defined as “erotic or sexual activity that implicates more than two people and consists of various pos- sible configurations of participants and observers” (p. 15). This conceptu- alization enables Frank to discuss perhaps every imaginable permutation of group sex, from consensual three-person experiences to group rapes in online, virtual reality environments to the group sex that may happen in public at “lifestyle” conventions or conferences.

Love in the plural and communication: debt, counter-debt and constructive jealousy

The emotional and sexual career of a woman who move from adultery to swinging and on to polyamory opens up a field for studies of communication patterns, both verbal and non-verbal, between that woman and her partners, especially her spouse. A dual trend emerges: the interplay of debt and counter-debt within the couple, which can show jealousy in a constructive light, and the social screening of the potential lovers of each spouse, through which the latter exert some control over the risks of mismatch.

Keywords: Liquid Love, Communication, Swinging, Social Homogeneity, Jealousy, Polyamory, Swingers Network, Group Sex.


Résumé :
La carrière affectivo-sexuelle d’une femme qui connaît des situations d’adultère, de libertinage puis de polyamour permet l’étude des modes de communication, verbale et non-verbale, qui la lie à ses partenaires, notamment à son conjoint. On analyse un double mouvement : une articulation de dettes et contre-dettes au sein du couple, qui permet d’envisager la jalousie de façon constructive, et un tri social des amant(e)s potentiel(le)s de chacun des conjoints par lequel ces derniers contrôlent les risques de mésalliance.

Mots clefs :
Amour liquide – Communication – Echangisme – Homogénéité sociale – Jalousie – Polyamour – Réseau libertin – Sexualité collective

This dissertation spotlights key moments in which new forms of couple-based non-monogamous relationships (CBNM) have gained heightened public attention in American culture. Examining three case studies, I explore how, between 1870 and 2019, proponents of CBNM attempted to carve out discursive spaces for these relationships, working against a public opinion which framed non-monogamy as immoral, primitive, racialized, and misogynist. Analyzing these proponents’ rhetorical work to justify and explain CBNM,  I hypothesized that across eras, these discourses were bound up with notions of the couple and its relationship to American society, as well as to race and gender.
I found that peaks in the public attention to CBNM paralleled moments of cultural anxiety over the white middle-class couple’s stability as a social institution. During these moments, speakers normalized non-monogamous relationalities by framing them as “experiments” in relationality and as having the potential to create stronger marriages. Since these relationships’ legitimacy was established through their potential to protect the couple, the ethics that governed them was connected to regulation and control- framed as protection against the destabilizing potential of sexual relations. I also found that over the span of these three moments, the locus of this control moved inward: starting at the state/community level, moving to the spousal level, and finally becoming internalized and self-regulated by the individual.
I further claim that in response to women’s increasing demand for equal rights and growing participation in public life, some CBNM discourses paid robust attention to women’s consent; a tendency I also connect to “common sense” assumptions that saw non-monogamy as harmful towards women. I additionally found that speakers for CBNM relied on consent, rationality, and strict rules of conduct to build a discursive separation between kinds of intimate relations; a hierarchical division between positive, progressive forms of non-monogamy and negative and regressive ones. This reliance, I claim, was established on racialized assumptions, as speakers for CBNM consistently constructed racialized non-monogamies as the foil to “newer” more “progressive” forms, inadvertently shoring up whiteness. This separation hinged on individuals’ ability to control and contain the dangerous/unruly effects of sexuality- to conduct relationships rationally and logically. Over time, then, speakers for CBNM consistently framed the ability to create and sustain rational, responsible, contained, and non-harmful CBNM relationships as available only to some individuals and not to others. The centering of consent in discussions on CBNM therefore constructed the “right” intimate relationship as one conducted by rational, calculated (white) individuals, while any other relationship was  framed as less moral, ethical, or responsible.

The argument of this chapter is the shift from sex through bodies to sex through words, which the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK triggers. This shift is situated within a context of “autistic sex” which precedes the pandemic crisis, where the human subject doesn’t recognize the subjectivity of the other in their attempt to enjoy sex. The forms that sexual (non-)encounters must take during lockdown reminds us of the role of fantasy, supported and enacted by the apparatus of the signifier, or writing, in bringing forth pleasure for the subject—particularly in sparing them from the inevitably unsatisfactory encounter with the fleshly other. When crises make certain enjoyments impossible, we may thus rediscover the fundamental function of the signifier—whose materiality can be more reliant, and malleable in obeying the shapes dictated by one’s fantasy, than that of the body